What is Laparoscopic Surgery?
Laparoscopic Surgery is abdominal surgery that is performed through tiny incisions using video equipment to allow the surgeon to see what he is doing on the inside. The abdominal cavity is inflated with gas, usually carbon dioxide, to provide working space. Small grasping instruments and other devices such as staplers, suction tubes and the harmonic scalpel pass through ports placed through the small incisions. The actual procedure performed internally is the same as those done through an open incision.